of Month |
of Year |
Scan Mode | Beta Angle, deg |
Calibrations, UT | Special Operations/Comments | ||||
| Internal | Solar | ||||||||
| Cross Track |
Unrestricted Biaxial |
Restricted Biaxial |
Sunrise | Sunset | |||||
| 1 | 1 | In | Survival | Mode | -53 | -- | -- | -- | A leap second adjustment was made to value of UTCF at 00:00:00 January 1, 1999. New UTCF = 31535996.872372 seconds. |
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| 2 | 2 | In | Survival | Mode | -56 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | In | Survival | Mode | -57 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 4 | 4 | In | Survival | Mode | -58 | -- | -- | -- | Minimum Beta Angle for cycle. |
| 5 | 5 | In | Survival | Mode | -57 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 6 | 6 | In | Survival | Mode | -55 | -- | -- | -- | Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers) |
| 7 | 7 | In | Survival | Mode | -53 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 8 | 8 | In | Survival | Mode | -50 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 9 | 9 | In | Survival | Mode | -46 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 10 | 10 | In | Survival | Mode | -42 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 11 | 11 | In | Survival | Mode | -37 | -- | -- | -- | Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers) |
| 12 | 12 | In | Survival | Mode | -33 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 13 | 13 | In | Survival | Mode | -28 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 14 | 14 | In | Survival | Mode | -24 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 15 | 15 | In | Survival | Mode | -19 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 16 | 16 | In | Survival | Mode | -14 | -- | -- | -- | Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers) |
| 17 | 17 | In | Survival | Mode | -10 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 18 | 18 | In | Survival | Mode | -6 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | X TRK | At Az = | 243.66 deg | -2 | 23:41:13 | -- | -- | ScaRab instrument overlap measurements. Inst powered on, initialized at 21:14 UT. Commanded to X-track mode, Az angle = 243.66 degrees, at 22:37 UT.Spacecraft yaw maneuver - 16:52:10 UT, -X to +X forward. Beta changed (- to + values). |
| 20 | 20 | X TRK | At Az = | 243.66 deg | 2 | 03:01:25 05:35:57 10:10:57 19:54:24 13:14:20 16:17:02 | -- | -- | ScaRab instrument overlap measurements. Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers). |
| 21 | 21 | X TRK | At Az = | 243.66 deg | 5 | 22:56:34 | -- | -- | ScaRab instrument overlap measurements. |
| 22 | 22 | In | Survival | Mode | 8 | -- | -- | -- | Began day in X-track mode, Az = 243.66 deg. Commanded to Az = 180 deg at 00:37:20 UT. Commanded to safe mode and powered down at 02:51 UT. |
| 23 | 23 | In | Survival | Mode | 11 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 24 | 24 | In | Survival | Mode | 13 | -- | -- | -- | Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers). UTCF value adjusted. New UTCF = 31535996.871481 seconds. |
| 25 | 25 | In | Survival | Mode | 15 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 26 | 26 | In | Survival | Mode | 16 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 27 | 27 | In | Survival | Mode | 16 | -- | -- | -- | Maximum Beta Angle for cycle. |
| 28 | 28 | In | Survival | Mode | 16 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | In | Survival | Mode | 16 | -- | -- | -- | Orbit Adjustment (Delta V maneuvers) |
| 30 | 30 | In | Survival | Mode | 14 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 31 | 31 | In | Survival | Mode | 13 | -- | -- | -- | |
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